<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:37:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@steemship/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[This Account is Under New Ownership]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is to inform the community that I have sold my account, which I also will confirm with a posting in Steemit.chat. Recently, I was approached by a group of investors that is taking a position in STEEM.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steemship/this-account-is-under-new-ownership</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steemship/this-account-is-under-new-ownership</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2017 01:30:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNw7EvYxepuU1WHxDDKLR3qYUdJ3AGKMaAffycL6WZVU43iCQiLB8Rt5dDxRg7Ja5JbtKUenop?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congratulations to @ats-david, the Slayer of Good Content, Who Now Owns the Top Two Spots on Steemit’s Trending Page]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steemit’s most persistent troll and self-appointed cop @ats-david is now king of its trending page and rewards. Is this what he’s wanted all along? It helps that he votes the @tombstone whale account (one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steemship/congratulations-to-ats-david-the-slayer-of-good-content-who-now-owns-the-top-two-spots-on-steemit-s-trending-page</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steemship/congratulations-to-ats-david-the-slayer-of-good-content-who-now-owns-the-top-two-spots-on-steemit-s-trending-page</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:36:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWMeYtusjB3cLtwAM7cb3KELqkKedAPGzu4VaSrmXse9YNinW5SwjS6oP1TXf4MP1spAefuVY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of Naked Men Gather at Japanese Temple]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hadaka Matsuri ("Naked Festival") offers good fortune to a few lucky guys. It is an annual tradition, drawing thousands of men who wear as little as possible. The most famous place to celebrate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@steemship/thousands-of-naked-men-gather-at-japanese-temple</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@steemship/thousands-of-naked-men-gather-at-japanese-temple</guid><category><![CDATA[newslink]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2017 20:53:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKzAkXUsRMbTRDLritqAh1uZ2ZSHenawU4E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemPizza Challenge: New York Thin Crust vs. Chicago Deep Dish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before proceeding, I owe @thisisbenbrick an apology for a mean-spirited comment a few days ago. Emotions got the better of me, which often leads to poor decisions, and for that I apologize. You are an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemship/steempizza-challenge-new-york-thin-crust-vs-chicago-deep-dish</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemship/steempizza-challenge-new-york-thin-crust-vs-chicago-deep-dish</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 01:22:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Pufd3b1W2k71FaPje38quKTFsGr84gQN9fTUkcfxEySZdiZVxdpCbMSE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Professor Who Changed My Life Would Not Have a Job Today]]></title><description><![CDATA[“What game are you playing, Cheeseball? This isn’t f***ing high school.” My favorite professor in college was a foul-mouthed son of a bitch named Dr. Marvin. He taught freshman biology, a subject that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemship/the-professor-who-changed-my-life-would-not-have-a-job-today</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemship/the-professor-who-changed-my-life-would-not-have-a-job-today</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:50:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8hHVpauQQYxf1UykZR82pDL5TnWZGMsLC9YSsxNL9Th1QoX92PgdKX2UivS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patzcuaro, Mexico is the New Center of My Culinary Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The media will tell you that the Mexican state of Michoacan is a war zone. Drug violence and senseless killing is commonplace. U.S. citizens are warned against traveling there. A year ago, Pope Francis]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@steemship/patzcuaro-mexico-is-the-new-center-of-my-culinary-universe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@steemship/patzcuaro-mexico-is-the-new-center-of-my-culinary-universe</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2017 18:42:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxwmY3nmsKk75LS5Km7NPPTuxgQWhFjZyTVsexX2eJ4xSesUvWupsydcaSQHLHyqokYs2s6Q9pz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cough Syrup is a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry. Studies Show That Honey Works Just as Well.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“It’s like swallowing a spoonful of Drano. Sure, it’ll clean you out, but it’ll leave you feeling hollow inside.” Frank Drebin, The Naked Gun As a child, I learned two things about cough syrup, also known]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@steemship/cough-syrup-is-a-multi-billion-dollar-industry-studies-show-that-honey-works-just-as-well</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@steemship/cough-syrup-is-a-multi-billion-dollar-industry-studies-show-that-honey-works-just-as-well</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2017 01:48:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8hHVpauQQYxf1Uz3njVXbxvsWXH8M9HZNKSQRJ8Eznxhv82F8eHAbuVb6AS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIL that goat yoga is a hot new trend in Oregon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yoga with goats. It all makes sense. 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Or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@steemship/best-place-to-commit-a-crime-and-get-away-with-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@steemship/best-place-to-commit-a-crime-and-get-away-with-it</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2017 07:40:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/CQdwDW6BZfWYLS9uVcnyQEPiy9py84mdeCo6wRQNU9S632vfPuKxNYCQScHVgDt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woody Guthrie, the Great American Singer-Songwriter, Wrote Some Incredible New Year’s Resolutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are getting a late start on the New Year’s resolution thing, here is some inspiration for you. In 1943, the great American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie penned something a little different.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemship/woody-guthrie-the-great-american-singer-songwriter-wrote-some-incredible-new-year-s-resolutions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@steemship/woody-guthrie-the-great-american-singer-songwriter-wrote-some-incredible-new-year-s-resolutions</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:36:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8hHVpauQQYxf1Uz3njVXbxvsWXH8M9HZNLMb2hEvNnQEFQLxZde8GVUtAjx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Minute of Pain and Your Workout is Done…Almost]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays and Here’s a Present for Nerds, Couch Potatoes, and Steemit Addicts Everywhere! You no longer have to work out for 30, 45, or 60 minutes. Just ONE minute of hard exercise is enough!* *Of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christmas/@steemship/one-minute-of-pain-and-your-workout-is-done-almost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christmas/@steemship/one-minute-of-pain-and-your-workout-is-done-almost</guid><category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 20:43:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPJXe6RxZgAsBFeRXBjZCrugFyYq5Nouei8aKwWr4f8xqhjFYUAuGLwgBbRzWuQwToiBRKtHwyp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Dick Team: Here’s Your Fantasy Baseball Team with a Dick at Every Position]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to @hanshotfirst @richq11 and @donkeypong for their contributions to this post. Rewards from this post will be used to fund Steemit outreach efforts (I’m sending it to @the-alien so he can make]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/baseball/@steemship/all-dick-team-here-s-your-fantasy-baseball-team-with-a-dick-at-every-position</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/baseball/@steemship/all-dick-team-here-s-your-fantasy-baseball-team-with-a-dick-at-every-position</guid><category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:40:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3auKdN6FdQE37gCoyKekbr26isGN2ceYKLwJQPUay5DrPmXqf8TZ52BHzoxnEA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIL that from 1915-16 there was a professional baseball player named Bud Weiser]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harry Budson Weiser was an outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1915-16. 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To summarize, people like the taste of cookies, but rather than eating cookies, they mash them up into paste and spread smaller amounts of it on bread, waffles,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@steemship/torturing-and-recycling-your-cookies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@steemship/torturing-and-recycling-your-cookies</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:31:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8hHVpauQQYxf1TeWs4kyimMfC4iFpmGGa128SyCXyQuKKWPXAcKehLvsEce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIL of the Maunsell Sea Forts, built to protect the UK in World War II]]></title><description><![CDATA[These strange contraptions are armored towers built in World War II. They are located just offshore from the Thames and Mersey River estuaries, designed to report air raids or invasions. There were seven]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/til/@steemship/til-of-the-maunsell-sea-forts-built-to-protect-the-uk-in-world-war-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/til/@steemship/til-of-the-maunsell-sea-forts-built-to-protect-the-uk-in-world-war-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[til]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 07:25:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdoHNh1NF3kreiXjAJfaRLTxQ8JZoXQxvu2uVui2QzaKPEKUmSeKWBJryeuLaJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIL that donut walls are a hot trend at fancy parties]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not having noticed many donut shops the last few years, I thought wheels of death were no longer a hot item in an increasingly health conscious society. But then I went to a fancy outdoor party for a distant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/til/@steemship/til-that-donut-walls-are-a-hot-trend-at-fancy-parties</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/til/@steemship/til-that-donut-walls-are-a-hot-trend-at-fancy-parties</guid><category><![CDATA[til]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemship]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:36:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Pufd3b1W2k71FWX6apVctdwrubVcH6P5xndjhVqxe6ihJ2GNQHu8kXPC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>